AN ENCOURAGING ENVIRONMENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF GIFTED STUDENTS WITHIN THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY. (Croatian)

PODSTICAJNO OKRUŽENJE ZA RAZVOJ NADARENIH UČENIKA U DRUŠTVU ZNANJA. (Bosnian)

The aim of our paper is to conduct a theoretical and empirical analysis of the relevance of an encouraging environment in the development and progress of gifted students within the modern knowledge society. In order to ensure the highest level of sample representativeness, the research was carried out on a sample of 106 teachers working with specialized classes for talented students, and teachers who had worked with those students at their previous stage of schooling. The study was conducted in schools belonging to the areas of the City of Nis and Kosovska Mitrovica (Republic of Serbia)*, by using the scaling technique. Through factor analysis, the following 5 most prominent features (factors) of an environment that encourages the development of gifted students within the knowledge society were extracted: 1) differentiated curricula, 2) encouraging problem-based learning, 3) integrated approach to learning, 4) encouraging research-based approach to learning, 5) developing logical and creative thinking skills. This research also found that the level of schooling of gifted students significantly determines the differences in teachers' perceptions of the characteristics of an environment that encourages the development of gifted students, while school location was not a deciding factor. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Cilj našeg rada je da se teorijsko-empirijskom analizom utvrdi značaj podsticajnog okruženja za razvoj i napredak nadarenih učenika u savremenom društvu znanja. Da bi se obezbedio najviši nivo reprezentativnosti uzoraka, istraživanje je sprovedeno na uzorku od 106 nastavnika koji rade u specijalizovanim odeljenjima za nadarene učenike u srednjoj školi i nastavnika koji su sa tim učenicima radili u njihovim prethodnim fazama školovanja. Studija je sprovedena u školama sa područja grada Niša i Kosovske Mitrovice (Republika Srbija)*, a korišćenjem tehnike skaliranja. Faktorskom analizom izdvojeno je sledećih 5 najznačajnijih karakteristika (faktora) okruženja koje podstiče razvoj nadarenih učenika u društvu znanja: 1) diferencirani kurikulum, 2) podrška učenju zasnovanom na problemima, 3) integrisani pristup učenju, 4) podrška pristupu zasnovan na istraživanju i 5) razvoj logičkog i veštine kreativnog razmišljanja. Ovo istraživanje je takođe otkrilo da nivo školovanja nadarenih učenika značajno određuje razlike u percepciji nastavnika o karakteristikama sredine koja podstiče razvoj nadarenih učenika, dok lokacija škole nije odlučujući faktor. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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